BSNL is also keenly waiting clearances from the telecom department to kick-start government-funded initiatives for universal mobile connectivity as envisaged in the national policy roadmap -- in Northeast and left wing extremism affected areas -- that could also add to its revenue.

"To help the flood affected in the state, Samsung India will contribute Rs 1.5 crore to the Kerala Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) alongside donating 10,000 bedding sets to the people of the state," the statement said.

Justice Rajiv Shakdher issued notice to Star India and sought its reply by May 3 on the cable operator's plea that it was being asked to pay a higher rate than its competitor Kerala Communicators Cable Ltd (KCCL) for subscribing to Star channels.

The government will take action against internet-based social media platforms if they fail to remove links to the deadly Blue Whale Challenge game which has led children to suicide in the country, Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.

After PSU banks, the government is likely to infuse capital in two chronically ill telecom PSUs BSNL and MTNL, and the Union Cabinet is likely to take a decision on 4G spectrum allocation to them by the third week of the current month after DoT places the note before it for consideration.

At a high-level meeting at the PMO late Tuesday, it was also decided that the two telcos will frame a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) to reduce their employee strength, which will be followed by a reduction in the retirement age to 58.